Get ready to get rowdy! Without equal rock track countdown – The Rock 2000 – is celebrating 25 years this September with an epic line-up of native and global rock acts and the introduction of a Kiwi rock royalty supergroup!
To rejoice the milestone birthday, Australian powerhouse Wolfmother will go the trench to headline the once a year are living track match at Auckland’s Spark Enviornment, with fortify from Kiwi rock legends Head Like a Hollow. Plus, in a Rock 2000 first, a few of Aotearoa’s most-loved rock musos (NZ Rock All Stars), will come in combination for one night time best to pay homage to rock track, and The Rock 2000’s countdown legends.
Damian Alexander (Blindspott), Shelton Woolright (Blindspott), Jennie Skulander (Devilskin), Nail (Devilskin), Julia Deans (Fur Patrol), brothers Laughton and Fran Kora (Kora), Neil Fraser (Villainy), Paul Russell (Midwave Breaks, Supergroove), Richie Allen (Kora, Heavy Steel Ninja’s) and Andy Kerr (I Am Massive) will carry out their model of one of the crucial countdown’s largest hits during the last 25 years, in addition to a few of their very own chart-topping bangers everyone knows and love.
The multi-award profitable track match, affectionately referred to as “Bogan Christmas” through its super-fans, began in 2000 and has since grow to be a spotlight in each Rock listener’s calendar. The professional Rock 2000 countdown kicks off on August 19, the place the highest 2000 rock songs, as voted through listeners, are performed out on air over 4 weeks.
On Friday 13 September, the general day of the countdown, 1000’s of rock fanatics will descend on downtown Auckland for The Rock 2000 Are living to listen to the highest 20 rock songs broadcast prior to the epic are living acts take the level for an evening of musical mayhem.
The Rock Content material Director Brad King says: “1000’s of hours of labor move into the countdown and are living match yearly – it’s actually blood, sweat, and tears for The Rock whānau, nevertheless it’s additionally the object we do yearly which in point of fact will pay homage to what we like – rock track and our listeners.
In 2023 we had greater than 100,000 other people vote for the countdown, and we’ve got punters from each nook of the arena listening are living and on-line. Once a year we attempt to move larger and higher with the are living match. This 12 months, being our twenty fifth birthday, we’re doing one thing actually particular. I will’t wait – tickets are gonna move tremendous fast this 12 months so don’t leave out out.”
Vote casting starts on Monday 22 July and runs till Sunday 11 August by the use of therock.web.nz, the countdown kicks off on Monday 19 August till Friday 13 September on The Rock and rova.
THE ROCK 2000 LIVE – FRIDAY 13 SEPTEMBER – FROM 3PM AT SPARK ARENA, AUCKLAND
TICKETS ARE ON SALE FRIDAY 14 JUNE AT 9AM
For more info head to therock.web.nz & livenation.co.nz
